Top Hits Finder

Billboard Hot 100 archive · 1958–1990

Every Billboard Hot 100 chart, 1958–1990

Top Hits Finder is a free, complete archive of the Billboard Hot 100, the definitive weekly record of American popular music. It covers every chart from the Hot 100's first week on August 4, 1958 through December 29, 1990: 1,691 weekly charts, 17,566 different songs, and the full top 100 for every week with last week's position, peak and weeks on chart. Alongside the numbers we publish long-form stories about the runs, the upsets and the one-week wonders that the data reveals.

1,691 weekly charts17,566 songs767 runs at #122 stories

Find the chart for any date

Pick a date — a birthday, a wedding, the day you graduated — and we'll take you to the Hot 100 for the nearest chart week.

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Stories from the charts

September 4, 2026Doves, Then Crazy: Prince's Long Climb and the Summer of 1984Prince spent six years climbing toward the top of the Hot 100. Then "When Doves Cry" held #1 for five weeks in the summer of 1984, and Purple Rain sent four more singles up behind it.Read the story → September 1, 2026Hitsville, Counted: Motown by the Numbers, 1961–1990Fifty number ones and 115 weeks at the top. I counted every Motown-family entry in the archive, by act and by decade, and the peak year is not the one you'd guess.Read the story → August 28, 2026Twenty-Six Places in a Week: The Hot 100's Biggest Leaps and Highest Debuts"Can't Buy Me Love" went from #27 to #1 in seven days. "Night Moves" walked in at #4. A tour of the archive's fastest risers, and why a top-20 debut used to be an event.Read the story → August 24, 2026Gone Sixteen Months: How "The Twist" Reached Number One TwiceChubby Checker's "The Twist" topped the Hot 100 in September 1960, slid away, and came back to #1 in January 1962. Thirty-one records in this archive lost the top and won it back. Only one needed sixteen months to do it.Read the story → August 20, 2026No Room at the Top: America's Christmas Number Ones, 1958-1990Britain fights over its Christmas number one. America never bothered. Here is what sat atop the Hot 100 the week nearest December 25 every year from 1958 to 1990, and what each one says about its December.Read the story → August 16, 2026Once and Done: The Acts Whose Only Hot 100 Hit Went to Number OneA handful of acts charted exactly once between 1958 and 1990 and went all the way to #1 doing it. Here are the genuine one-shots, from the Singing Nun to Sheriff, and the one-off duet billings that only look like them.Read the story →

All 22 stories →

Browse by decade

1950s 74 charts · 23 #1 songs

19581959

1960s 521 charts · 203 #1 songs

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1970s 522 charts · 253 #1 songs

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1980s 522 charts · 232 #1 songs

1980198119821983198419851986198719881989

1990s 52 charts · 26 #1 songs

1990

Records of the era

Longest reigns at #1

Weeks at #1SongArtistFirst week at #1
10You Light Up My LifeDebby BooneOctober 15, 1977
10PhysicalOlivia Newton-JohnNovember 21, 1981
9Mack The KnifeBobby DarinOctober 5, 1959
9The Theme From "A Summer Place"Percy Faith And His OrchestraFebruary 22, 1960
9Hey JudeThe BeatlesSeptember 28, 1968
9Bette Davis EyesKim CarnesMay 16, 1981
9Endless LoveDiana Ross & Lionel RichieAugust 15, 1981
8Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)Rod StewartNovember 13, 1976
8Night FeverBee GeesMarch 18, 1978
8Every Breath You TakeThe PoliceJuly 9, 1983

Most #1 songs by artist

#1 songsWeeks at #1Artist
1954The Beatles
1019The Supremes
927Bee Gees
922Michael Jackson
818Madonna
817The Rolling Stones
814Whitney Houston
711Stevie Wonder

More records, and the full year-by-year breakdown, on the browse page.

The Top Hits Finder app

The same archive is available as a free Android app and as an interactive chart finder on this site: pick a year, month and week, jump straight to the top 100, save favourites and play songs on YouTube. Get it on Google Play.

About the archive

The site is independent and not affiliated with Billboard. Chart positions are compiled from published weekly Hot 100 charts and presented for reference and education; every statistic on the site (peaks, weeks on chart, streaks, movers) is computed from those weekly lists. Read more about the project, or get in touch if you spot an error.

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